Alejandro Rasgado

Alejandro Rasgado (1935-) was a CIA operative who was a leader of the "Operation 40" initiative during the Cold War.

Biography
Alejandro Rasgado was born in Havana, Cuba in 1935, and he was one of many refugees to flee Fidel Castro's communist takeover of Cuba in 1959. Rasgado was recruited by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency to take part in the "Operation 40" campaign against Fidel Castro and his regime, and he took part in numerous commando raids against the Tropas in Cuba, including the Bacunayagua Raid of 1969.